Creeper, Brown 



of loosened bark he drops off to the base of the nearest 

 tree and resumes his never-ending task. 



CHAPMAN. Handbook of Birds. 21 



If in the transmigration of souls, Sisyphus was ever 

 incarnated in bird-form, we certainly have him here, 

 neatly encased in feathers, for it is nothing but climb, 

 climb, climb, and never getting there. 



PARKHURST. The Birds' Calendar. 31 



The nest of the creeper is one to be searched for diligently, 

 it is such an oddity in bird architecture. It is tucked 

 in under a bit of loose bark on the side of a tree trunk, 

 where it has a ready-made Mansard roof to keep off the 

 rain, and a cosy home in all respects. 



FLORENCE A. MERRIAM. Birds of Village and Field. 1 



The song is described by Mr. Brewster as exquisitely 

 pure and tender, alternately rising and falling and " dying 

 away in an indescribably plaintive cadence, like the soft 

 sigh of the wind among the pine boughs. " 



CROSSBILL, RED 



As they swing about the pine trees, parrot-fashion, with 

 the help of their bill, calling out kimp, kimp, that sounds 

 like the snapping of the pine cones on a sunny day, it 

 often seems easily possible to catch them with the hand. 

 At first glance the birds would seem to be hampered by 



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